October 19, 1999
The kickoff time for Texas A&M-Oklahoma State football contest has been moved back to 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 to allow fans ample time to make plans to attend the game, A&M athletic director Wally Groff announced Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled to kick off at 1 p.m.
ABC-TV has announced it will utilize a six-day advance notice for Saturday, Oct. 30 and will select either the Oklahoma State at Texas A&M or the Oklahoma at Colorado contest for the 2:30 p.m. time slot. Because of this, the A&M-OSU game time was moved to ensure that fans would have more than six days to make travel plans.
"We wanted to take the unknown out of the equation and give fans a concrete kickoff time," Groff said. "We will have fans driving in from all over Texas and Oklahoma for the game, and it's a problem when the kickoff time could change just six days before the game."
As a reminder, the Aggies' game at Oklahoma this Saturday, Oct. 23, will be televised nationally by FOX Sports Net and will kickoff at 6 p.m. (CDT). A complete list of stations carrying the game will be available later in the week on A&M's official website at: www.AggieAthletics.com.